Poker Gossip

On Friday night, the ‘best of the best’ in North American poker came together for the inaugural American Poker Awards. After a day of seminars and forums addressing issues in the game, the finale was the actual awards show hosted by Kara Scott, capping a hugely successful debut. The World Series [...]

In “real life,” five years is not a particularly long time,* but in the online poker universe, it is an eternity. Therefore, to me, at least, it seems odd that a five-year old topic that affected very few people was recently drudged up, but it was, and here we are. Cole “cts687” South recent [...]

Never one to remain silent on his opinions about situations in the poker world, Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu has once again opened up his mind on a poker issue. In this particular case, Negreanu has compiled a list of players that may be banned from participating at the World Series of Poker [...]

According to reports from New Jersey, a new online venture will be joining with the state’s online gaming industry by the end of this month. The casino operating the new site – and its potential partner for online poker – could draw a great deal of interest from the online gaming and poker com [...]

Demonstrating the difficulty for poker professionals to either get or maintain their sponsorships with online poker site, two of the more prominent female poker professionals in the business have recently announced the end of their sponsorship deals with their respective sites. Earlier this week, Po [...]

A prominent business website has come forward with something that many in the poker/gaming industry have assumed regarding Amaya Gaming’s efforts to license PokerStars in New Jersey in accusing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of blocking those efforts for his own political gain. The website Bu [...]

Shares of online gaming firm 888 Holdings PLC soared Tuesday after the company confirmed that it has been approached by fellow gambling company, William Hill PLC, with a possible purchase offer. 888’s stock price closed at 171.50p after opening at 143p, a jump of 20 percent. 888 issued the followi [...]

Ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and all-around poker legend, Doyle Brunson, announced last week that he has cancer and will soon be undergoing surgery. The good news is that it sounds like it was caught early and as far as cancers go, it is not overly serious. Brunson relayed the news [...]

The numbers are in for 2014 and the state of Nevada’s poker rooms, demonstrating a slight drop compared to 2013. At the same time, reports on the Nevada online poker industry have been discontinued due to the regulation of the industry. 2014 wasn’t a bad year for the casinos and card rooms in Ne [...]

In further developments in the ongoing federal indictment against businessman/poker player Paul Phua and his son, a federal judge has issued a ruling on a key piece of the case. In a Las Vegas federal court earlier this week, Federal Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen ruled that federal agents were within [...]

After a tense few days following the disclosure of the introduction of a new bill in the Nevada General Assembly, the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB), A. G. Burnett, has issued a statement regarding what that bill would cover. In an e-mail to Jocelyn Wood of Pokerfuse.com on Wedne [...]

After receiving nominations from more than 60 industry insiders (this journalist included), the 2015 Global Poker Index American Poker Awards, sponsored by PokerStars, has tabulated the results and set the final four contenders in a host of categories. “I wish to thank each and every member of the [...]

A new bill has been filed on behalf of the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) in the State Senate that could effectively end the practice in poker known as ‘staking.’ Senate Bill 40 (SB 40) was filed on December 20 to “prohibit certain acts related to wagering,” naturally something that wou [...]

In an intriguing article from PokerNews journalist Donnie Peters, it appears that several poker records could be threatened during the 2015 tournament poker year. According to Peters, a discussion came up during a poker tournament in 2011 that featured Poker Hall of Fame member Erik Seidel. Seidel [...]

Sometimes a screen name is just so amazingly appropriate. Last week, Darren Woods, who was known by the screen name “DooshCom” in the poker community, was sentenced to prison for defrauding players on internet poker sites, including 888poker and the iPoker Network. Woods, who hails from Healing, [...]

According to the London Daily Mail, a London restaurant is offering its patrons the option of playing poker to determine the bill on their exquisite three-course meal. The All-In Kitchen in the Haggerston area of London is the business that is offering this unique method of determining the check. Op [...]

On Thursday, a magistrate in federal court denied the motion of businessman/poker player Paul Phua and his son, Darren, which would have allowed them to return to the poker tables while they await the illegal gambling case against them in the federal system. Magistrate Judge Bill Hoffman said in his [...]

After over a decade of effort, scientists at the University of Alberta believe they have achieved their goal of creating the “perfect” poker playing program, one that doesn’t make any bad moves and is a winning “player.” According to a study released in Science magazine, those University o [...]

Many have compared poker to the business world in that difficult decisions have to be made in split-second situations. According to one highly successful investment mogul, however, poker is a piece of cake to the world that he normally lives in. On the Thinking Poker podcast, billionaire hedge fund [...]

Now that the confetti has been swept up, people have nursed their respective conditions back to normalcy and everyone has now bid adieu to 2014, the New Year celebrations are complete. Thus, it is time to turn to 2015 and wonder what the coming twelve months are going to look like. Never one to [...]

Aside from his outstanding poker play and myriad of poker tournament achievements (as if those weren’t enough), Daniel Negreanu is perhaps best known for his willingness to speak his mind. Lucky for us, he has a poker blog on his site, FullContactPoker.com. This week, he chimed in on an issue that [...]

Many people deeply involved in the game of poker – be they players, writers or other industry professionals – have given their opinions on whether someone should take up the activity as a profession. Three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Dutch Boyd has now added his thoughts to the mi [...]

Now that Santa Claus has dropped down chimneys around the world, the Hanukkah menorahs have been put away and the Festivus pole’s “Airing of Grievances” have been heard, we now enjoy a bit of relaxation before a New Year comes. Over the past 12 months, the poker world has provided several exci [...]

New e-mails that have emerged in the ongoing Sony Pictures Entertainment scandal has now encompassed the poker community. According to the London Daily Mail, e-mails leaked out on Friday point out what has been a rather adversarial relationship between the head of the company, Chairman Amy Pascal, a [...]

As a way to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the European Poker Tour, PokerStars has published a book that covers the history of what has become the top tournament circuit on the European continent. That book, however, will never be seen by the general public (at least at this point). The 300-page [...]